Democracy

Democracy in North Carolina is under attack by the GOP.  Since 2011 Republicans have tried to seize control of all branches of government.  They have employed unconstitutional extreme partisan and racial gerrymandering to secure their positions effectively chosing their voters rather than allowing voters to choose their representatives.  They have tried to suppress voters by…

For years the Republican-led General Assembly has been trying to take control of the courts.  They made judicial elections partisan. They canceled the primary election for judges. And, most recently, have attempted to gerrymander the judicial districts and even do away with the election of judges altogether.  North Carolinians made it clear how they felt…

Republicans in Raleigh are up to their old tricks again.  A special session will begin with no agenda.  It’s possible they could vote to rig the courts in their favor.  They may make it easier for polluters to poison the water.  They may do nothing of consequence.  Democrats and the public have been kept completely…

Republicans in Raleigh have inserted party politics into our judicial system by making elections partisan.  Now they present new district maps which are intended to give the GOP power over the courts. These new maps intentionally reduce the number of African American judges in North Carolina and are more of the same extreme partisan gerrymandering that continues to get…

Last week the NC House unanimously passed legislation that would have allocated 2.3 million dollars to address the growing GenX pollution problem in North Carolina.  Senate leader Phil Berger has vowed that this bi-partisan bill would not make it to the Senate. Meanwhile, as Senator Berger scoffs people in North Carolina cannot drink their water. It’s crystal…

North Carolina citizens know that we must have fair and impartial courts.  Republican’s in Raleigh disagree.  They would like to rig our courts in their favor and cherry-pick judges in order to pass their bad laws unchallenged.  This isn’t democracy and the people of North Carolina know it. From The Times News: https://youtu.be/0y4HXVNNcgQ?list=PLguET9G3gvzVa3Z9Rp8fzTJSMEynTbxMo The Alamance NAACP…

On a cold Thursday, dozens of people marched with tape over over their mouths up to the Mecklenburg County Courthouse in protest of the Republican-led legislature’s plans to rig our court system in their favor.  They have already made the election of judges political, canceled an election, and drafted racially gerrymandered judicial districts in hopes…

Republicans are seeking to rig the court system of North Carolina.  They do not like the decisions the courts have made to stop their attempts to suppress voters and racially gerrymander legislative districts.  Their solution?  Make the courts partisan, cancel a primary election, and try to do away with the public election of judges altogether. They want to…

It was a cold day but that didn’t stop the residents of Greenville, North Carolina from standing in front of the Pitt County Courthouse to demand that our courts remain fair and independent.  Lawmakers in Raleigh have already made judicial elections political, the first state in 100 years to go back to a party based judicial…

Concerned Triad voters joined NC Voters for Clean Elections, Democracy NC, Progress NC, and the NC NAACP outside the Guilford County Courthouse on Wednesday for a rally and protest highlighting the partisan attacks on North Carolina’s court system. The event featured protesters covering their mouths with tape to illustrate the message of “Silent Voices, Silent Justice”…